andy perkin & peter jones development officers locality delivering the plan & sustaining...
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Andy Perkin & Peter JonesDevelopment Officers
Locality
Delivering the Plan & Sustaining Communities
through Assets and Enterprise
Influencing planning decisions• more say in what development
happens where
• encouraging appropriate development and discouraging inappropriate development
• using Section 106 Agreements
• using the Community Infrastructure Levy
- ring-fenced for Neighbourhood Plan areas
Funded projects• Government national programmes
- Regional Growth Fund through LEPs
• Lottery funds
- Big, Heritage, Arts, Sports
• European funding
• Private funding
Local authorities and other public services
• management of parks and public realm
• management of public buildings
- schools- libraries- leisure and community centres- sports facilities- markets- heath and social care facilities
• Community Right to Bid and Challenge
Partnerships and collaboration•housing associations and housing trusts •community development trusts •building preservation trusts •other not-for-profit and community •organisations •local authorities •health and social care bodies •private developers •local firms •local institutions •universities and educational institutions
Delivery vehicles • formal or informal partnerships
• housing trusts or cooperatives
• community or social enterprises
• building preservation trusts
• community development trusts
Locality is the leading nationwide network of settlements, development trusts, social action centres and community enterprises.
Locality
Locality was formed through the merger of bassac and the Development Trusts Association, two leading networks of community owned and led organisations.
Locality members
Communi
ty ledDriving social changeCommitted
to
community
enterpriseDeveloping assets
Independe
nt
700 members
in the UK Combined income of £297mof which
£177m is
earned
income £643m community assets
5,000
staff &
23,000
volunteers
… business start ups, managed workspace, recycling, environmental improvements, management of public space, micro credit, advice and debt counselling, welfare advice, energy efficiency advice, family support, child care services, community grants schemes, affordable housing, volunteering, job training, supplementary education, youth work, community safety, transport schemes, festivals and arts activities, sports and leisure, community cafes and restaurants, food markets, healthy living schemes…. and much, much more.
Fabulous Beasts!
Enterprise
sales / retail
Butchers shop – Mull and Iona
Development Trust
Craft sales web site – Moseley
Community Development Trust
Garden furniture - Colebridge Trust
Enterprise
services
Distribution- Colebridge Trust
Training - Burslem School of
Art
Gardening - Old Hall People’s
Partnership
Sweating the Asset!
Building running costs: £10,000 p.a.Gross Sq Ft: 2000 sq ftRunning cost per gross sq ft: £5 sq ft
Net Sq ft: 1300 sq ftRunning cost per net sq ft: £7.69 sq ftAnd then generate a surplus….!!
Asset developmentTypes of assets…..
Managed workspace, industrial buildings, visitor centres, marina, sports facilities, training facilities, shops, cafes, cinema, housing, green space, car parks, community centres, live/work space, health centres, nursery, transport (buses), wind farms, arts centres…. …and an abattoir!
Exercise• What opportunities are there for
community ownership in your neighbourhood?
• How could NP be used to help this to happen?
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